What were your most tearful and poignant moments of the funeral of HRH Queen Elizabeth II?

Most tearful moment: When her royal bagpiper walked away from the church 😔🤍

Most poignant moment: No surprise there…I was moved by the very elegant bouquet of flowers that adorned the coffin of the most powerful and loved ruler in the world. 💐

At King Charles’s request, the wreath on top of the Queen’s coffin contains flowers and foliage from the royal properties of Buckingham Palace and Clarence House, in London, and Highgrove House in Gloucestershire. Also at the King’s request, the wreath was sustainable, and affixed in a nest of English moss and oak branches.
The wreath contains myrtle, the ancient symbol of a happy marriage, cut from a plant that was grown from a sprig of myrtle in the Queen’s wedding bouquet in 1947. It also contains rosemary as a symbol of remembrance and English oak, a national symbol of strength, in a nod to the Queen’s constancy and steadfast duty. Other foliage includes pelargoniums, garden roses, autumnal hydrangea, sedum, dahlias, and scabious.

It was far from perfect….or was it? 🫶🏼💐

May The Queen’s soul rest in heavenly peace 🙏🏼💝🥀🤍💐 Amen 🙏🏼

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JoyfulSilence · 51-55, M

I caught a little of the outdoor procession this morning while eating breakfast.

I am glad it stopped raining.

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When Reagan died, I walked out of my office in DC to see his casket go by.

Vivaci

@JoyfulSilence You should watch the funeral ceremony, Joy…I know you’ll like it. 😇

Good…send us some of those rain clouds man 🌧

Wow…💟🙏

JoyfulSilence · 51-55, M

@Vivaci

I found it playing on PBS last night. But only the end where she journeyed to the chapel and was taken down.

Those pipes and drums! I wanted to get up, put on a tall fuzzy hat, and march.

Beautiful voices in the choir!

Oh, my comment about the rain was in reference to London.

We could use a little here. But the weather is heavenly: sunny, clear, dry, breezy, and about 80. I am dining outside now - a late lunch.

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Working near Capitol Hill had its interesting moments!

Although that era of my life is over.